Practice IELTS Speaking
like it’s test day
A full Part 1–3 mock test with an AI examiner. Then the one thing costing you the most points, and 20 minutes a day to fix it.
Which local place do you miss when you are away?
Um, I think I miss a small noodle shop near my old school. When I was in high school, me and my friends my friends and I go went there almost every day after class. It's, uh, nothing special, but the owner always remember remembered our orders. So when I'm away, that's the place I think about first.
Past tense when you talk about the past
When I was in high school, me and my friends go there almost every day after class.
When I was in high school, my friends and I went there almost every day after class.
Same question, same idea. One answer gets a 6, the other a 7.5.
“Did you like reading when you were a child?”
Lina first try, then a retake
+1.5Yes, I liked reading when I was a child. I read many storybooks. Now I don't read a lot because I am busy with work.
- Past, but no detail
- “Now”, but no contrast
- A short reason
Yes, I was a real bookworm as a kid. I used to borrow three or four storybooks from the school library every week and read them under the covers with a torch. These days I read far less, mainly because by the time I get home from work, I just want to look at my phone.
- used to + a number
- Switch to now
- Why it changed
The higher answer uses "used to" for then, "these days" for now, and explains the change. That’s Lesson 1.3, Then and now. Every lesson starts by listening to two answers like these.
See the courseThe examiner is ready. Answer out loud.
The same three parts and timing as test day. No account needed to try a question.
Explore the mock testShort questions about your life. Home, work, the things you do. Ask for a repeat any time.
Which local place do you miss when you are away?
Every word you say gets heard. Then marked: what went wrong, why it costs you, and how to say it better.
Um,Filler I think I miss a small noodle shop near my old school. When I was in high school, me and my friends my friends and IWord order go wentPast tense there almost every day after class. It's, uh,Filler 0.6 snothing special,Common word but the owner always remember rememberedPast tense our orders. So when I'm away, that's the placeCommon word I think about first.
Dotted: not sure we heard it right, so it isn’t marked as an error.
100 words
Example answer. In lessons you see this as soon as you stop speaking. In the mock test it waits until the end, the way a real examiner would.
Then the most costly mistake gets fixed, and you can see it go.
Example learner · four mock tests, Sep 12 to Oct 10
per 100 words
First mock test, Sep 12. Of every error in the test, this one cost the most, so it became the focus.
- Past tense3.8
- Articles0.9
- Word order0.7
- Plurals0.5
one lesson
Lesson 1.3 · Then and now. A method for it (Then → Now → Why it changed), then you say it out loud until it holds.
- used to + verba past habit that has stopped
- These days…moves the answer to the present
- far less / far moremuch less / much more
Fourth mock test, Oct 10. Same question retaken: both recordings side by side.
me and my friends gomy friends and I went
expressions now yours, used on two different days
- Week 10
- Week 414
times you said “so” in Part 2
- Sep 1223
- Oct 107
pauses over a second in the whole test
- Sep 1227
- Oct 1014
Most feedback hands you forty things to fix. The report picks the one costing you the most, and shows it on a sentence you actually said.
Out of every error in the test, the report picks the one costing you the most and shows it on your own sentence, next to a better version you can hear.
Past tense when you talk about the past
You told a story about high school in the present tense. Past events need past forms: went, remembered.
When I was in high school, me and my friends go there almost every day after class.
When I was in high school, my friends and I went there almost every day after class.
- Past tenseFocus13
- Word orderGrammar6
- ArticlesGrammar5
- PluralsGrammar4
- Word choiceVocabulary3
Past tense comes first: it happens most, and Grammar is your lowest range. The other 18 are saved to your notebook for review.
20 minutes a day on what the report found. Rebuilt after every mock test.
Your 20 minutes
Planned around past tense, the thing costing you most on Oct 10.
- Now · New lessonNext in your course
Lesson 3 · Then and now
LearnListenSpeakFixSaveWhy today. It practises used to and past forms, the tense your report flagged.
Focus practice and review always stay.
Seven units, from Part 1 to test day
Three units for the three parts, three for the scoring criteria, and one for the surprises of test day. Each lesson is about ten minutes.
Three things we stick to. A practice tool shouldn’t just make you feel good.
No hints, no corrections
During the mock test the examiner only asks. Nobody helps you on test day, so we don’t either.
Scores as ranges
Each answer is scored several times. You see the range where those scores agree, not one falsely exact number.
Your recordings stay yours
Recordings are only used for transcription and scoring, and you can delete them at any time.
Walk in having done it before. Start with a free mock test.
Three parts, about 14 minutes. You get a band range and the one thing to fix first.
